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The Camel Club
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 6,820
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,601
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,599
It exists at the fringes of Washington, D.C., has no power, and consists solely of four eccentric and downtrodden members whom society has forgotten. Their simple goal is to find the "truth" behind their country's actions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Gotta Love These Tough Older Guys
- By Scott on 05-26-09
- The Camel Club
- By: David Baldacci
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
3.5 overall
Reviewed: 03-07-20
gripping and complexly woven storyline. but some characters felt flat and non-engaging. jackie simpson a wholly unbelievable character. tons of unnecessary background info got very boring and i would tune out and fast forward. This won't be my last Baldacci or Davis, but I'm not too eager to get back into another spy novel. enjoyable but no show stopper.
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Birds, Beasts and Relatives
- The Corfu Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
- Length: 6 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 522
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 463
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Story5 out of 5 stars 460
The Durrell family returns to the island of Corfu, continuing the story begun in My Family and Other Animals. Already an ardent naturalist at the age of 10, the young Gerald lives in an unconventional and disordered household with his mother, sister, and two brothers. Convivial and open, the family plays host to a constant stream of quirky guests. But for Gerald, the main attraction is the wildlife of Corfu.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The antidote to stress
- By Rebecca on 09-07-14
- Birds, Beasts and Relatives
- The Corfu Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
A truly delightful listen
Reviewed: 02-18-20
Not a lot of 'story' per se, but just a thoroughly enjoyable memoire. I laughed, I cried (poor liitle hedgehogs), I sympathisized, I envied. Now I can't wait for the next book. I hope you enjoy it too!
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Next Year in Havana
- By: Chanel Cleeton
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 19,211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 17,061
Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest - until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing story line but the performance...
- By Grace F on 07-10-18
- Next Year in Havana
- By: Chanel Cleeton
- Narrated by: Kyla Garcia, Frankie Maria Corzo
lovable sympathetic characters
Reviewed: 12-13-19
I really enjoyed this story! Having very little but the basic historical knowledge of Cuba, I appreciate the context and background the author weaves into the story. I don't speak Spanish, so the audiobook was perfect, throwing in just enough paella and burritos and the lilting sound of all the beautiful names to maintain authenticity. I don't necessarily need to go to Cuba after reading this, but I certainly have a different appreciation for Cubans and some of the horrors they've endured over the last what, 75 years.
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The Reivers
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 239
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 183
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 182
One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque story that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucas Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The priests' black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey.
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4 out of 5 stars
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4 days in the life of an eleven year old
- By ruth a anderson on 11-17-09
- The Reivers
- By: William Faulkner
- Narrated by: John H. Mayer
if you enjoy, I mean really enjoy, parenthetical
Reviewed: 11-22-19
parenthetical phrases, you should love this book. There's a wonderful buddy/road adventure/coming of age story here, but truly, by the time Faulkner gets around to saying what he's saying, you've half-forgotten what he was talking about in the first place. The narrator was great and helped set the mood. There's also a few references to unforgivable practices (re: women and prostitutes) and the N word surfaces more than you might like, but overall a quite enjoyable read.
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Heads Will Roll
- By: Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne
- Narrated by: Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne, Tim Gunn, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 6 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 17,475
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 15,921
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Story4 out of 5 stars 15,855
Heads Will Roll is an Audible Original from Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon and her cocreator/costar (and real-life sister) Emily Lynne. Produced by Broadway Video, this is not an audiobook - it’s a 10-episode, star-studded audio comedy that features performances from Meryl Streep, Tim Gunn, Peter Dinklage, Queer Eye’s Fab Five, and so many more. Please note: This content is not for kids.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More like this please
- By Anon893 on 05-03-19
- Heads Will Roll
- By: Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne
- Narrated by: Kate McKinnon, Emily Lynne, Tim Gunn, Meryl Streep, Peter Dinklage, full cast
drivel
Reviewed: 10-30-19
mindless pandering. self-serving drivel. not a laugh to be had. poor accents. worse gratuitous swearing. I'd go on but then I'd be as bad as this ensemble. pls make it stop.
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In the Skin of a Lion
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Tom McCamus
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 463
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 418
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 419
Patrick Lewis arrives in Toronto in the 1920s and earns his living searching for a vanished millionaire and tunneling beneath Lake Ontario. In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient.
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5 out of 5 stars
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superb
- By Joshua on 02-25-18
- In the Skin of a Lion
- By: Michael Ondaatje
- Narrated by: Tom McCamus
poetic but a little dull
Reviewed: 10-19-19
the narrator does a great job of sounding like our author all the while, putting me to sleep or leaving the door wide open to distraction. Shame, really, as the detailed descriptions of early 20th century working conditions were brilliant and vivid. Story line itself not really fulfilled though.
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Treasure Island
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Marty Ross - adaptation
- Narrated by: Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37,291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 33,401
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 33,220
Audible Originals takes to the high seas to bring to life this timeless tale of pirates, lost treasure maps and mutiny. When weathered old sailor Billy Bones arrives at the inn of young Jim Hawkins' parents, it is the start of an adventure beyond anything he could have imagined. When Bones dies mysteriously, Jim stumbles across a map of a mysterious island in his sea chest, where X marks the spot of a stash of buried pirate gold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A reflective adventure
- By Tad Davis on 09-12-17
- Treasure Island
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Robert Louis Stevenson, Marty Ross - adaptation
- Narrated by: Philip Glenister, Daniel Mays, Catherine Tate, Owen Teale
a fun listen, but
Reviewed: 10-07-19
Never read the book and perhaps now, differently spoiled by more modern lit, but it is a dated telling of dreams and deceptions that just doesn't hold my interest. Great performances but a rather dull story all these years later.
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Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 295,981
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 261,666
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Story5 out of 5 stars 260,751
For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don't listen to the negative reviews.
- By Kyle on 12-03-19
- Where the Crawdads Sing
- By: Delia Owens
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
lilting and sorrowful
Reviewed: 09-27-19
Narration is great - better than the story, which I found to be predictable and somewhat lacking. The end in particular felt rushed and flat - where's the passion (that was woven so neatly thru the rest of the story)? The descriptions of the marsh and all its natural beauty are truly vivid and lovely, and her treatment of loneliness is commendable, but it left me wanting. Not a novel i need to read again, even if it sits on my shelf for decades.
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The History of Bees
- By: Maja Lunde
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Steve West, Gibson Frazier
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 203
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4 out of 5 stars 185
In the spirit of Station Eleven and Never Let Me Go, this dazzling and ambitious literary debut follows three generations of beekeepers from the past, present, and future, weaving a spellbinding story of their relationship to the bees - and to their children and one another - against the backdrop of an urgent global crisis.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this book !!!
- By Dianne on 08-22-17
- The History of Bees
- By: Maja Lunde
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski, Steve West, Gibson Frazier
ReadThisBookAndLearn
Reviewed: 09-15-19
This is easily the best, yet most worrisome book I've read in a long time. Love the multi-narrative format. The story is so real, so terrifying of what is happening and of how wholly reliant our existence is interdependent with all other life on this planet. Keep on buzzing, but remember where your honey comes from and at what cost
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The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- By: Todd Zwillich
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 3 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 18,840
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 17,012
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 16,959
Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon. Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space. Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Caveat Emptor: Bone to Pick
- By Judah Family on 07-05-19
- The Man Who Knew the Way to the Moon
- By: Todd Zwillich
- Narrated by: Todd Zwillich, Angelo Di Loreto
an unsung hero and the moon!
Reviewed: 08-30-19
with included live interviews and just enough science, this inspiring tale is worth every minute
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